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-akahák

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-akeikei

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-akeki

v

-akwmwi

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-amame

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v/a

-apane

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v

-arukwanɨpwun

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v

-aráu

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-ate

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apenapena

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apéraha

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botoboto

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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ganhɨk

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[ganhɨk]

ia-kapaii nereii

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ia-kasua ia kunu

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v aller a pirogue.

(Bislama) mi badel lo kawenu

iakunouihi

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iawira ~ iavira

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Imaki

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kamti

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karkarepa

This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.
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Example: This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.

karuarua

Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.
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Example: Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.

katarauia

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keipeipwi yasuk

Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.
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Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.

kesakwesa

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kijiramak ~ katou

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kijirimani

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kisup

Charonia tritonis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121741-Charonia-tritonis

Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

konianaker

Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-coeruleopunctatus.html
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konkriakey

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konuwak sara phisir phisir

Plectorhinchus vittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-vittatus.html
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korpra

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kovarerou

Bodianus loxozonus http://fishbase.org/summary/Bodianus-loxozonus.html
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Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

krirɨm krirɨm

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kuanuares

Lygodium reticulatum
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kurun

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kwanɨtara

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n. semi-inalienable

kwatmaseka

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kwatpiavikɨr

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kwekao

Hemidactylus frenatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51940-Hemidactylus-frenatus

Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

kɨpwiai

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kɨri

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magko

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(Bislama) magko

manari-ianupag

Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.
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[manariən nəʔpəŋ] n.

Example: Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.

mangoamramera

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maramara apusan

Tapinoma melanocephalum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69122-Tapinoma-melanocephalum
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marawta

Sargocentron violaceum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-violaceum.html
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nagaimafu

Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.
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[naŋema:fu] n.

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.

nakanakan

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namanu

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n mon cuir chevelu

namás

namás
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nanghin

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son nom, prenom.

(Bislama) nem blo hem

napoti sarapiran

Plectorhinchus gibbosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-gibbosus.html
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napuei mia

napuei mia
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nare

This plant is used to welcome people by weaving the leaves and flowers into a head lei, locally known as a Kuanari. If there are no flowers, people weave the leaves and use these to welcome visitors. This species is becoming an invasive in the area.
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[neri] n.

Example: This plant is used to welcome people by weaving the leaves and flowers into a head lei, locally known as a Kuanari. If there are no flowers, people weave the leaves and use these to welcome visitors. This species is becoming an invasive in the area.

nare-apurumɨn

When performing the kastom ceremony "toka dance" the leaves are wrapped in a band and tied on the head of dancers.
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Example: When performing the kastom ceremony "toka dance" the leaves are wrapped in a band and tied on the head of dancers.

natey

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Example: Used to prepare all types of food

nekavai

Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.
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[nəfkafa:i] n.

Example: Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.

nesory

Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out, and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.
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Example: Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out, and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.

nikoraku

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nimai

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nimasiur

1. Flying foxes, pidgeons and rats consume the fruits. 2. The wood is used as a commercial timber.
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Example: 1. Flying foxes, pidgeons and rats consume the fruits. 2. The wood is used as a commercial timber.

nimreki

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nimriki rangum

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n aisselle

nisai-apran

The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant ...
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[nisi apram] n.

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant ...

nuvre

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nuvás

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nwera

nwera
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nɨkakri-

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nɨkatireu

Remove base from flower and chew flower--tastes sweet. Long ago there were no pens, you could use this flower to write message on wood.
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Example: Remove base from flower and chew flower--tastes sweet. Long ago there were no pens, you could use this flower to write message on wood.

nɨkava auar

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nɨkava maregmarɨg

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nɨkenaku jeniram

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nɨmerian

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n rayon de lune

nɨmeyev

Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

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Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

nɨsɨme

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peha

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[peha]

penesu

Scarus frenatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-frenatus.html
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phumha tasiapen

Caesio teres http://fishbase.org/summary/Caesio-teres.html
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pinerau

Ptilinopus greyii
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[pinerew]

Example: Sub-adult Red-bellied Fruit Dove. Photo by Papier K / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

poukouri

To chase away pigs that invade a person’s garden, wrap leaves of this species around a stick, hit the pig with it and the pig will not return to the garden to eat the crops.
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Example: To chase away pigs that invade a person’s garden, wrap leaves of this species around a stick, hit the pig with it and the pig will not return to the garden to eat the crops.

rakwakwi

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rayai

Acanthurus guttatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-guttatus.html
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riuwiru

This tree is planted by people around household areas to hold embankments and prevent soil from eroding
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Example: This tree is planted by people around household areas to hold embankments and prevent soil from eroding

sadine sadine

Decapterus macarellus http://fishbase.org/summary/Decapterus-macarellus.html
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tamekin

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taro Fiti

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tasi

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teki tagarua

Nautilus pompilius https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123467-Nautilus-pompilius
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temɨn

temɨn
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teprakaka

1. When in flower, a local pidgeon, known as Tikurkak, prepares to lay its eggs. When the fruit dehisces its eggs are considered to have hatched.
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Example: 1. When in flower, a local pidgeon, known as Tikurkak, prepares to lay its eggs. When the fruit dehisces its eggs are considered to have hatched.

teren

Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover boil. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).
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Example: Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover boil. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).

tikináu

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trotɨria

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tumien

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.
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Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

tɨtua

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uipin

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yakamema

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v je suis malade.

(Bislama) mi sik

yaknamapri

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je dors maintenant.

(Bislama) mi stap silip nao.

Yanmerai

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ɨmahan

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